BALDER.

 
 
 

“HE people in the North once believed that
high above the clouds was the beautiful
{ plain of Asgard.

Odin, ruler of Asgard, mighty Thor, and many
other heroes lived on the plain.

Their homes were great castles, splendid with
silver and gold.

In the middle of the plain, and apart from the
other dweilings, stood a pure white palace.

Nothing that was not fair and good had ever dared
LOR eMUete it:

It was the home of Balder.

Because of his great beauty and wisdom, he was
called “Balder the beautiful,’ and ‘‘Balder the
good.”

Everything loved him.

The dull rocks and the gray old mountains met
him with a smile.

The flowers opened, the birds sang and the water
sparkled when they saw his face.

One night he dreamed that he must soon leave
Asgard and all the things that he loved.

The next night he dreamed that he was living in
“he gloomv underground world.